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Alas, the days of printed manuals are long gone......  Sony, and I assume probably all or most of the other camera manufacturers simply put a printed one-or-two-page sheet with very basic startup info in the box, and they include the link to the website for the more detailed information in their Help Guide.  It's really rather annoying but after a while one gets used to this, and truly it does make more sense, as how many of us ever pored over the printed manual in the past?  Maybe we looked through it initially and then put the printed manual in a drawer somewhere as we got to know the camera.   An advantage, too, of having the info online is that it is easy to quickly type in a specific item about which one wants more info and that comes up readily for further reading.

There are a couple of eBooks available for the A7R V --and I have found them helpful as well, either when initially setting up my new A7R V (or other model) and later when I've forgotten how to do something and just want to quickly find an answer.  Friedman Archives Guide to Sony's A7R V  is one, and I know I've got another but can't recall the name of it just now.   Also, Mark Galer, well-respected in the Sony community,  offers a lot of valuable information and tips in videos online, too.